Court of Session Act 1850

1850 CHAPTER 36

An Act to facilitate Procedure in the Court of Session in Scotland.

[29th July 1850]

WHEREAS an [55 G. 3. c. 42.] Act was passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King . George the Third, intituled An Act to facilitate the Administration of Justice in that Part of the United Kingdom called Scotland, by the extending Trial by Jury to Civil Causes ; and another [59 G. 3. c. 35.] Act was passed in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty, intituled An Act to amend an Act passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled ' An Act to facilitate the Administration of Justice in that Part of the United Kingdom called Scotland, by the extending Trial by Jury to Civil Causes ;' and another [6 G. 4. c. 120.] Act was, passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for the better regulating of the Forms of Process in the Courts of Law in Scotland ; and another [11 G. 4. & 1 W. 4. c. 69.] Act was passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth and in the First Year of the Reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for uniting the Benefits of Jury Trial in Civil Cases with the ordinary Jurisdiction of the Court of Session, and for making certain other Alterations and Reductions in the Judicial Establishments of Scotland ; and another [1 & 2 Vict. c. 118.] Act was passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the First and Second Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to make certain Alterations in the Duties of the Lords Ordinary, and in the Establishment of Clerks and Officers of the Court of Session and Court of Commissioners for Teinds in Scotland, and to reduce the Fees payable in those Courts : And whereas it is expedient that the Provisions and Enactments of the said recited Acts should be in some respects altered and amended, and further Regulations established for expediting the Business of the Court of Session in Scotland :

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and New Form by the Authority of the same,